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Gaillardia, an Uncommon card
Gaillardia is a genus of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae, native to North and South America.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- Nature
- ATK
- 53
- DEF
- 53
- Power
- 106
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 44,000
Power 106 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 45 % of WikiCards cards.
Gaillardia quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Gaillardia card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
Many cultivars have been bred for ______ use.
Answer
ornamental. Many cultivars have been bred for ornamental use. From the Gaillardia article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Geoff Ogilvy. Geoff Ogilvy 65 · Mantispidae 62 · Lake Natron 59 · Gaillardia 53 ATK in WikiCards.
Which of these Wikipedia articles is read the most in a year?
Answer
Lake Natron. Lake Natron 87,000 · Karakum Desert 68,000 · Gaillardia 44,000 · Thrust fault 33,000 Wikipedia reads over a year.
In a duel, each round asks a question like these about the opposing card, with 15 seconds to answer.
The facts on the card
The card carries these facts from its Wikipedia article.
- It was named after Maître Gaillard de Charentonneau, an 18th-century French magistrate who was an enthusiastic botanist.
- The common name may refer to the resemblance of the inflorescence to the brightly patterned blankets made by Native Americans, or to the ability of wild taxa to blanket the ground with colonies.
- Many cultivars have been bred for ornamental use.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Gaillardia article was read about 44,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 53 and blocks with 53: each hit it takes is cut by 21 %.
How to get Gaillardia
Open packs. Each pack holds five cards drawn from real Wikipedia articles, the rarest last, and the fifth card is always Rare or better. The odds are shown in the game. A free pack arrives every hour and two can wait, and the Coins you win in duels buy more packs.
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The cards just above and just below Gaillardia in the power ranking, all domains together.
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- Geoff OgilvyUncommon · Society · ATK 65 DEF 41
- HusbandUncommon · Science · ATK 61 DEF 45
- Saud ShakeelUncommon · Arts · ATK 64 DEF 42
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Gaillardia (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Rhododendrites, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons.
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